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Book Fight

A podcast where writers talk honestly about books, writing, and the literary world. Hosted by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, authors and long-time editors for Barrelhouse, a nonprofit literary magazi... Read more

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Bonus Episode: The Deal (Book Fight After Dark)

Bonus Episode: The Deal (Book Fight After Dark)

We're off this week for the holidays, but we're releasing this Patreon-only episode from September, in which we discusse... Read more

30 Dec 2019

51mins

Ranked #2

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Ep 287: Sally Rooney, Conversations With Friends

Ep 287: Sally Rooney, Conversations With Friends

Neither of us had read anything by Sally Rooney, who has been called "the first important Millennial novelist" and "Sali... Read more

29 Jul 2019

1hr

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Book Fight After Dark: Snooki, A Shore Thing

Book Fight After Dark: Snooki, A Shore Thing

We're taking a quick break between seasons of the show, getting our ducks in a row for Summer School--in which we'll be ... Read more

24 Jun 2019

54mins

Ranked #4

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Ep 280: Mark O'Connell, To Be a Machine

Ep 280: Mark O'Connell, To Be a Machine

This week we're continuing our Spring Forward season by diving into Mark O'Connell's book To Be a Machine: Adventures Am... Read more

3 Jun 2019

1hr

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Ep306: Flash Fiction!

Ep306: Flash Fiction!

We've spent this fall season looking at some of the best stories to teach in creative writing workshops. It's our last w... Read more

9 Dec 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #6

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Ep 317: Dorothy Parker (Winter of Wayback 1929)

Ep 317: Dorothy Parker (Winter of Wayback 1929)

It's the final episode of our Winter of Wayback season, and we couldn't leave the twenties behind without talking about ... Read more

9 Mar 2020

53mins

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Ep 279: Ray Bradbury

Ep 279: Ray Bradbury

As we continue our Spring Forward season--in which we're reading forward-looking books, stories, and essays--this week w... Read more

27 May 2019

59mins

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Ep 318: Taco Bell Quarterly

Ep 318: Taco Bell Quarterly

This week we check out the online literary magazine Taco Bell Quarterly, which recently put out its second issue. The jo... Read more

16 Mar 2020

1hr 15mins

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Ep 300: Quest Stories

Ep 300: Quest Stories

This week, you might say that we're on a quest to find the best quest story to teach in a creative writing class. For ye... Read more

28 Oct 2019

54mins

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Ep 301: Stories And Time

Ep 301: Stories And Time

This week, we're on the hunt for stories that do interesting things with time. More specifically, we talk about how "tim... Read more

4 Nov 2019

1hr 1min

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Ep 291: Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse

Ep 291: Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse

Welcome to Week Two of a series we didn't intend to undertake: Tom and Mike Read Books They're Not Quite Smart Enough to... Read more

26 Aug 2019

1hr 2mins

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Ep 294: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

Ep 294: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

It's the last week of our Summer School season, and we're ending on a book (and author) Tom had never read. Topics inclu... Read more

16 Sep 2019

1hr 2mins

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Ep 304: Dialogue

Ep 304: Dialogue

This fall, we've been talking about the best stories to teach in a creative writing class. For this week's competition, ... Read more

25 Nov 2019

1hr 19mins

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Ep 295: Unreliable Narrators

Ep 295: Unreliable Narrators

It's a new season on the calendar, and that means a new season of Book Fight. This fall, we're going to be exploring the... Read more

23 Sep 2019

1hr 10mins

Ranked #15

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Ep 305: Multiple Points of View

Ep 305: Multiple Points of View

This week, we're discussing stories told from multiple points of view. It can be difficult enough to successfully captur... Read more

2 Dec 2019

1hr 13mins

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Ep 319: The Infamous Bengal Ming

Ep 319: The Infamous Bengal Ming

This week we're discussing a story about a murderous tiger by Rajesh Parameswaran, which was first published in Granta a... Read more

23 Mar 2020

1hr 4mins

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Ep 284: James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son"

Ep 284: James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son"

We're continuing our Summer School season of the podcast, in which we're reading things we feel like we should have gott... Read more

8 Jul 2019

52mins

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Ep 283: John D'Agata, "Round Trip"

Ep 283: John D'Agata, "Round Trip"

This week we're kicking off a new season of Book Fight: Summer School! The idea is that we'll dive into books, stories, ... Read more

1 Jul 2019

55mins

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Ep 292: Jim Harrison, "The Summer He Didn't Die"

Ep 292: Jim Harrison, "The Summer He Didn't Die"

This week is a Tom pick: a novella by Jim Harrison featuring his beloved character Brown Dog. In "The Summer He Didn't D... Read more

2 Sep 2019

55mins

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Ep 285: Carson McCullers, Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Ep 285: Carson McCullers, Ballad of the Sad Cafe

We're continuing our Summer School season of the podcast, in which we're reading things we feel like we should have gott... Read more

15 Jul 2019

53mins

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